Family | GENTIANACEAE |
Genus species | Sebaea marlothii Gilg |
Bibliography | Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 38: 83 (1905) |
Native Range | Lesotho to KwaZulu-Natal |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | bogs, marshes |
Altitude | 3200-3500m |
Description | stems procumbent, leaves crowded, 2x1cm, carnose, abruptly tapered to petiolate base, flowers 1-5, terminal, sessile, calyx narrowly winged, lobes of corolla 5-9mm, rounded |
Size | 2-3cm |
Color | yellow |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | perennial |
Cultivation | very moist to boggy, semi-shady site alpine house, moist, humous, sandy soil, semi-shade |
Propagation | seed in winter, barely covered, germ. 1-3 months, 10-13°C division in spring; cuttings in late summer |
Territory | 2 Africa 27 Southern Africa (LES Lesotho, NAT KwaZulu-Natal) |